Sixty-three-year-old fire victim Isaac Thompson of Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo, can now rest easy after receiving a brand new two-bedroom home, courtesy of Men on Mission, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated.
Thompson was presented with the keys to his new home by Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Deodat Indar in a handing-over a ceremony earlier this month. A grateful Thompson said that the new home has given him a renewed sense of purpose after a devastating fire left him and his family of five without a suitable dwelling place, the release said.
Reflecting on the dire state of affairs prior to the construction of the new home, Thompson told DPI that he and his family have been living in a makeshift home and sleeping on mattresses they would lay on the floor.